Clarence Dean

1923 - 2011

Clarence Dean, age 88, of Chipley, Fla., passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2011, in Northwest Florida Community Hospital.

Mr. Dean was born April 12, 1923, in Ponce de Leon, Fla., to the late Clarence E. and Alice (Stewart) Dean. A resident of Northwest Florida since 1946, he was a World War II veteran, having served in the South Pacific with the 87th Naval Construction. He had been employed at the paper mill in Panama City for 18 years and had been in the used furniture business. He was a member of Springfield Community Church in Springfield, Fla.

Survivors include his wife, Doris Dean of Chipley; one son, Craig Dean and wife, Stacey, of Nashville, Tenn.; three daughters, Carolyn Carr and husband, Martin, of Panama City, Vicki Fallis and husband, Gene, of Panama City and Janet Sublett and husband, Ray, of Chipley; three sisters, Marie West and husband, Bruce, of Graceville, Wynette Huggins and husband, Bobby, of Lake City, Fla., and Mary Alice Butler of Orlando, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Brown Funeral Home, Main Street Chapel, with the Rev. Donnie Jackson officiating. Interment will follow at 1 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery in Panama City. Friends and family may sign the online register at www.brownfh.net.

Brown Funeral Home
1068 Main St.
Chipley, Fla. 32428
850-638-4010